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Funny crime news stories
In this activity each student has a card with a funny news story. He must read it and then tell the story to the rest of the group. Then, together they have to choose the best title for each story. Guaranteed laughs!
Level: intermediateAge: 12-17Type: activity-cardDownloads: 221

Speaking WAS/WERE
This is a pairwork conversation where students ask each other questions and practise the past of the verb TO BE: WAS/WERE.
Level: elementaryAge: 14-17Type: activity-cardDownloads: 37

Friends - Description of the characters
Students have to match the description of the characters of Friends with the names. I played part of an episode and then asked them to do the activity. They enjoyed it a lot!
Level: intermediateAge: 12-17Type: worksheetDownloads: 36

Notorious confusables
This is a worksheet at intermediate level to help students discriminate the use of some often confused and misused expressions like: BORROW/LEND, LOOK FOR/SEARCH, MORE/MANY etc. There are two sentences for each pair to help them notice the difference in use.
Level: intermediateAge: 10-17Type: worksheetDownloads: 20

Interview to a singer
This is a video of an interview to singersongwriter Natasha Bedingfield where she talks about her career, her love life and her participation in charities. The students must correct the false sentences. The page contains three copies in order to save photocopies.
Level: intermediateAge: 14-17Type: worksheetDownloads: 20

Working on Zero, First and Second Conditionals
In this worksheet students read the rules for the zero, first and second conditionals and complete some sentences. They may do it in pairs and also ask each other the questions at the end of each section.
Level: intermediateAge: 14-17Type: worksheetDownloads: 18

Video - Comfort food beating recession
This is the exploitation of a news story of how the economic recession is increasing the sale of comfort food. Includes key and definition of ´comfort food´. Interesting as a starting point to discuss topics like diet and fast food with your students.
Level: intermediateAge: 14-17Type: worksheetDownloads: 18

Interview to Ben Stiller
Ben Stiller is interviewed by the CBS about his film ´Night at the museum´. He discusses the film and shares childhood memories and also talks about his family life. Multiple choice comprehension exercises.
Level: advancedAge: 14-17Type: worksheetDownloads: 12

Love vocabulary
This is an odd-one-out vocabulary exercise and students have to find the expressions that are different. The topic is love and relationships and this worksheet is suitable for adult students.
Level: advancedAge: 14-17Type: worksheetDownloads: 6

Food - Mind map
This is a mind map that may help students classify vocabulary related to food according to different concepts.
Level: intermediateAge: 14-17Type: worksheetDownloads: 6

Passive and causative structures
This is a presentation for advanced students on different passive structures: HAVE SOMETHING DONE, GET SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING, etc. Also passive forms for verbs with two objects are discussed. I hope you find it useful!

Level: advancedAge: 14-17Downloads: 39

Modal verbs
This a power point to explain the main modal verbs that express obligation, prohibition, advice and ability.